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Dragon Ball and Star Wars

Post by ect5150 » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:30 pm

I keep seeing these odd pictures online recently... just sharing for overall enjoyment.

(Please tell me I don't have to explain the pose on this one...)

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Re: Dragon Ball and Star Wars

Post by Herms » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:43 pm

Toriyama's first manuscript submitted to Jump was a Star Wars parody, as his first editor Torishima says in Shenlong Times #2 (it was also, apparently, titled "I Sent This In Because I Wanted The Money"). It got rejected, but ultimately led to Toriyama's manga career. There's a lot of Star Wars references in Dr. Slump, including Mashirito's house being shaped like R2-D2. The space elements in DB probably also owe much to Star Wars.

I guess this all has nothing to do with the image, but I felt like noting it.
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Re: Dragon Ball and Star Wars

Post by NintendoBlaze53 » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:59 pm

yook should be fat Yoda and ewok didn't make a fist.
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Re: Dragon Ball and Star Wars

Post by Chuquita » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:28 pm

Herms wrote:Toriyama's first manuscript submitted to Jump was a Star Wars parody, as his first editor Torishima says in Shenlong Times #2 (it was also, apparently, titled "I Sent This In Because I Wanted The Money"). It got rejected, but ultimately led to Toriyama's manga career. There's a lot of Star Wars references in Dr. Slump, including Mashirito's house being shaped like R2-D2. The space elements in DB probably also owe much to Star Wars.

I guess this all has nothing to do with the image, but I felt like noting it.
It was seriously titled that? :lol:
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I never noticed Dr. Mashirito's house was shaped like that (probably because I've only got limited knowledge of Star Wars) but that's still pretty cool.
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Re: Dragon Ball and Star Wars

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Fri Oct 05, 2012 6:08 am

In Dr. Slump, there is even a police officer, who is a recurring character, that looks exactly like a Stormtrooper.

Also, Karin Tower reminds me a lot Cloud City in Bespin, from Episode V.
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Re: Dragon Ball and Star Wars

Post by hleV » Fri Oct 05, 2012 6:12 am

Bless Star Wars.
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Re: Dragon Ball and Star Wars

Post by Tzigi » Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:12 pm

Several Star Wars references (including T-16 [not T-14 as Nostal claims] Skyhopper and R2-D2) can be found on this french forum. The other info is also interesting :)
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